August 2017

Michael White

Executive Director at SANDAS
Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drugs sector to share a little about their work and life.
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June 2017

Wayne Hall

Conjoint Professor at NDARC

This weekend I will...try to sell the large Queenslander that my family have lived in for 16 years so that my wife and I can downs

March 2017

Associate Professor Robert Ali

Clinical Associate Professor in the Discipline of Pharmacology at Adelaide University

This weekend I will... be preparing for a meeting of the Australian National Advisory Council on Drugs to be held in Canberra next

December 2016

Bonita Byrne

Project coordinator on the Maldahnalanga project at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

This weekend I will run a movie night as well as indoor soccer night for my community as part of the Maldahnalanga project.

October 2016

Nicole Lee

Adjunct Associate Professor at NDRI and Director at 360Edge

I'm most scared of... karaoke. Public speaking is not a problem but there is no way I’m singing in front of anyone...

September 2016

Scott Wilson

Director of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC)

Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drug sector to share a little about their work and life.

June 2016

Professor Kate Conigrave

Addiction Medicine specialist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drug sector to share a little about their work and life.

April 2016

Simon Lenton

Professor and Deputy Director, National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)

I wish I'd never... started getting drunk most weekends from age 15 to 17.

February 2016

Dr Anne-Marie Laslett

Senior Research Fellow at the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) and the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR)

Dr Anne-Marie Laslett has been instrumental in piloting AOD research which not only considers how alcohol misuse impacts the individual, but also how it affects others. To quote Rev. Tim Costello AO, Anne-Marie's research attempts to show 'what happens to real people in real situations'.

December 2015

Dr Suzie Hudson

Clinical Director, Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA)

Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drug sector to share a little about their work and life.

October 2015

Professor Mike Daube AO

Mike Daube is Professor of Health Policy at Curtin University, where he is Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute and the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth.

I reckon that the older you are, the more driven you get – and when you get to 67, you become increasingly conscious that there is only limited time in which you can make a contribution.

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